Somebody, somewhere in the Information Management space will proclaim an acronym or a domain space “dead.” They will be wrong. This is mostly a deluded and misguided attempt by an industry association group and a few followers trying to maintain relevancy in a space that at-large has long since marginalized such influence as they actually have real work to do. My advice is to lose the buzzwords and false prophecies both and go back to the beginning. (Hint: think Missouri) < More on this later.

In response to @PSchoof’sBPM questions of the day, multiple individuals will expend too many words multiple times to, basically, say the equivalent of “We need to do things better.”

I will still be a dinosaur and will continue to be so for some time to come, and continue to have the fortunate blessing of making good money doing something I enjoy and am good at. Some of the above I will ignore as many things others have proclaimed as “innovative,” “disruptive” or whatever buzzword du jour there may be, I and others of my ilk have been doing for some time.

Oh yeah! @ITRedux and @markjowen will post some really cool pics. That’s not a prediction, that’s a guarantee. Sorry guys, had that in my head but wrote this too quick.So what’s the moral of your story Mr. Peabody?

It is human nature to want to be right. For some it is an obsession. For some in the IT space it is a fixation.

Most things in the IT space, as in life in general, are not the great paradigm shifts or cataclysms that may be proclaimed. The big stuff tends to happen in broad arcs over the span of time. Think fire, the steam engine and, yes, the Internet. The rest is largely hyperbole and just plain noise, the latter also courtesy of the ‘Net.

You don’t know ’til you know. Hang in there Max, hang in there bro, hang in there Lis.

Now, what’s next?

P.S. – To my younger brothers from another mother across the continent and across the globe (you know who you are) may Yahweh not chastise you too strongly, you also seriously kick ass and are in a league of your own. The pleasure has truly been mine. Keep on evangelizing and doing what you do, it’s been fun to watch. Have fun, do good, the rest will come naturally. Peace ~